Winter Storm

Local Red Cross volunteer deploys to Texas after devastating winter storm

COLUMBIA (WOLO): Texas is thawing out after a devastating winter storm last week, and three South Carolina American Red Cross volunteers have deployed to the Lone Star State to give back to the struggling community. 3,000 meals, 2 semi-trucks full of water, and a warehouse ready to serve the small town of Lufkin, Texas. Julienne Correa deployed there from Greenville,…

Big Snowstorm Hitting Millions of Americans This Weekend

WASHINGTON (AP) — One in seven Americans will get at least half a foot of snow outside their homes when this weekend’s big storm has finished delivering blizzards, gale-force winds, white-out conditions and flooding to much of the eastern United States. But in the nation’s capital, the snowstorm promised to leave a much bigger impact. The first flakes of what…

NASA Shares View of Massive Winter Storm From Space

(ABC News) — The massive winter storm set to hit the East Coast this weekend appears to be a behemoth in satellite imagery shared by NASA. More than 75 million people are in the storm’s forecasted path, which could affect states from Arkansas to Massachusetts beginning today and lasting through the weekend. Snowfall could reach two feet in some locations,…

Airlines Cancel Flights as Snowstorm Snarls Eastern US

NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) —  Airlines canceled more than 6,000 flights to, from or within the U.S. for Friday and Saturday, as a blizzard began covering much of the Eastern U.S. The bulk of Friday’s 2,900 cancelations are in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. Another 3,300 flights were canceled for Saturday. Those cancelations center…